[vtk-developers] Build VTK without Cmake

[Wylie, Brian]

I think there may be some misunderstanding about what Cmake is. Cmake is a cross-platform built system. Generating Visual Studio project files is its purpose (at least for windows platforms).

1) Download CMake http://www.cmake.org/cmake/resources/software.html
2) Run Cmake (which generates a VS project file).
3) Open up the project file with Visual Studio and build. :)
 

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From: vtk-developers-bounces at vtk.org [mailto:vtk-developers-bounces at vtk.org] On Behalf Of David Cole
Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 10:05 AM
To: toulgen
Cc: vtk-developers at vtk.org
Subject: Re: [vtk-developers] Build VTK without Cmake


On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 11:50 AM, toulgen <toulgen at gmail.com> wrote:


	Hi, 

	Can I build VTK without Cmake?


I'm sure you can. I'm also sure it will take you at least 100 times longer.

Just install CMake 2.6.4 (it's easy) and use it to generate .sln/.vcproj files for Visual Studio 2005 for VTK. Then building VTK is as simple as opening the .sln file with Visual Studio and choosing "Build Solution..." from the menu.

If you use CMake, you can build VTK today. If not, good luck -- let us know when you're done....


David